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** Reticulating Splines: Reference to several Maxis games, such as SimCity, SimCopter, The Sims up to Sims 4. Often showing up in loading screens.
** Reticulating Splines: Reference to several Maxis games, such as SimCity, SimCopter, The Sims up to Sims 4. Often showing up in loading screens.
** Downloading more RAM: Reference to a meme where an internet forum user asked "how to download more RAM," this is amusing as RAM is physical hardware that must be bought, and cannot be downloaded<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/download-more-ram knowyourmeme.com]</ref>.
** Downloading more RAM: Reference to a meme where an internet forum user asked "how to download more RAM," this is amusing as RAM is physical hardware that must be bought, and cannot be downloaded<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/download-more-ram knowyourmeme.com]</ref>.
** VRChat is supported by users like you!: A nod to Public Broad Casting T.V. in the United States where at the end of programming the statement of: "P.B.S. Is supported by viewers like you."<ref>https://www.pbs.org/viewers-like-me/</ref>
** To boldly go where no cat has gone before!: A derivative version of the opening narration line from "Star Trek" of 1966-1969 which was: "To boldly go where no man has gone before!"<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/quotes/?item=qt0136691&_ssoLoop=1</ref>
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180815000000*/VRCat.club VRCat.club] (Archive.org link) was an unofficial forum for the VRChat community that predates VRCat and the current ask.vrchat.com forums<!-- Tupper still owes me a steak dinner for that one. -owlboy -->
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180815000000*/VRCat.club VRCat.club] (Archive.org link) was an unofficial forum for the VRChat community that predates VRCat and the current ask.vrchat.com forums<!-- Tupper still owes me a steak dinner for that one. -owlboy -->
* VRCats back can be seen when you flip your [[Special:MyLanguage/Quick Menu|quick menu]] around visually.
* VRCats back can be seen when you flip your [[Special:MyLanguage/Quick Menu|quick menu]] around visually.

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== Trivia ==
* VRCat's name is a play on ''VRChat''.
* VRCat was inspired by the cat of VRChat's Head of Community Tupper, Trogdor<ref>Parzeval. ({{Date|August 15, 2024}}). Tupper: The Future of VRChat & The Life of VRChat's Head of Community | VF1 [Video]. [https://youtu.be/0YVHHtc5CsY?t=3519 YouTube.] </ref>.
* VRCat's design originated from a call between VRChat's Art Director Rocktopus, then-Chief Creative Officer Ron, and Tupper, in collaboration with an outside design firm. The orange tabby appearance was chosen after Tupper looked at his own orange tabby cat.<ref name="devqa24apr2026">[https://ask.vrchat.com/t/april-24-2026-developer-stream-q-a-summary/48352 "April 24 2026 Developer Stream Q&A Summary"] on ''[[Special:MyLanguage/ask.vrchat.com|ask.vrchat.com]]''. Posted {{Date|April 27, 2026}}. Retrieved {{Date|June 18, 2026}}.</ref>
* VRCat's age as "soft canon", treating it as roughly five years measured from the character's first public appearance, while noting that it is not officially fixed.<ref name="devqa24apr2026" />
* VRCat's arch-nemesis was [[Special:MyLanguage/VRRat|VRRat]]. However since VRChat's release of the festive stickers they appear to now be friends<ref>[https://www.tiktok.com/@vrchat/video/7449076969305820462 tiktok.com]</ref>.<!-- cannot write for the life of me rn this needs to sound better lol -->
* VRCat's Quick Menu dialogue has numerous grammatical errors and inconsistencies with capitalization, such as VRChat Udon being referred to as both "Udon" and "UDON".
* VRCat's dialogue has several references to pop culture and internet memes:
** Why do I hear boss music?: Reference to a Terraria meme featuring a player character saying "why do I hear boss music"<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/why-do-i-hear-boss-music knowyourmeme.com]</ref>.
** Sorry Dave, I can't do that right now: Reference to a line in 2001: A Space Odyessey.
** Perfect Gem Activated: Reference to the "Chat Gem" in Diablo II<ref>[https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Chat_Gem diablo.fandom.com]</ref>.
** Zug zug: Reference to World of Warcraft's Orcish language, a form of acknowledgement and agreement<ref>[https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Orcish_(language) warcraft.wiki.gg]</ref>.
** Reticulating Splines: Reference to several Maxis games, such as SimCity, SimCopter, The Sims up to Sims 4. Often showing up in loading screens.
** Downloading more RAM: Reference to a meme where an internet forum user asked "how to download more RAM," this is amusing as RAM is physical hardware that must be bought, and cannot be downloaded<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/download-more-ram knowyourmeme.com]</ref>.
** VRChat is supported by users like you!: A nod to Public Broad Casting T.V. in the United States where at the end of programming the statement of: "P.B.S. Is supported by viewers like you."<ref>https://www.pbs.org/viewers-like-me/</ref> 
** To boldly go where no cat has gone before!: A derivative version of the opening narration line from "Star Trek" of 1966-1969 which was: "To boldly go where no man has gone before!"<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/quotes/?item=qt0136691&_ssoLoop=1</ref> 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180815000000*/VRCat.club VRCat.club] (Archive.org link) was an unofficial forum for the VRChat community that predates VRCat and the current ask.vrchat.com forums<!-- Tupper still owes me a steak dinner for that one. -owlboy -->
* VRCats back can be seen when you flip your [[Special:MyLanguage/Quick Menu|quick menu]] around visually.

Trivia

  • VRCat's name is a play on VRChat.
  • VRCat was inspired by the cat of VRChat's Head of Community Tupper, Trogdor[1].
  • VRCat's design originated from a call between VRChat's Art Director Rocktopus, then-Chief Creative Officer Ron, and Tupper, in collaboration with an outside design firm. The orange tabby appearance was chosen after Tupper looked at his own orange tabby cat.[2]
  • VRCat's age as "soft canon", treating it as roughly five years measured from the character's first public appearance, while noting that it is not officially fixed.[2]
  • VRCat's arch-nemesis was VRRat. However since VRChat's release of the festive stickers they appear to now be friends[3].
  • VRCat's Quick Menu dialogue has numerous grammatical errors and inconsistencies with capitalization, such as VRChat Udon being referred to as both "Udon" and "UDON".
  • VRCat's dialogue has several references to pop culture and internet memes:
    • Why do I hear boss music?: Reference to a Terraria meme featuring a player character saying "why do I hear boss music"[4].
    • Sorry Dave, I can't do that right now: Reference to a line in 2001: A Space Odyessey.
    • Perfect Gem Activated: Reference to the "Chat Gem" in Diablo II[5].
    • Zug zug: Reference to World of Warcraft's Orcish language, a form of acknowledgement and agreement[6].
    • Reticulating Splines: Reference to several Maxis games, such as SimCity, SimCopter, The Sims up to Sims 4. Often showing up in loading screens.
    • Downloading more RAM: Reference to a meme where an internet forum user asked "how to download more RAM," this is amusing as RAM is physical hardware that must be bought, and cannot be downloaded[7].
    • VRChat is supported by users like you!: A nod to Public Broad Casting T.V. in the United States where at the end of programming the statement of: "P.B.S. Is supported by viewers like you."[8]
    • To boldly go where no cat has gone before!: A derivative version of the opening narration line from "Star Trek" of 1966-1969 which was: "To boldly go where no man has gone before!"[9]
  • VRCat.club (Archive.org link) was an unofficial forum for the VRChat community that predates VRCat and the current ask.vrchat.com forums
  • VRCats back can be seen when you flip your quick menu around visually.
  1. ↑ Parzeval. (August 15, 2024). Tupper: The Future of VRChat & The Life of VRChat's Head of Community | VF1 [Video]. YouTube.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "April 24 2026 Developer Stream Q&A Summary" on ask.vrchat.com. Posted April 27, 2026. Retrieved June 18, 2026.
  3. ↑ tiktok.com
  4. ↑ knowyourmeme.com
  5. ↑ diablo.fandom.com
  6. ↑ warcraft.wiki.gg
  7. ↑ knowyourmeme.com
  8. ↑ https://www.pbs.org/viewers-like-me/
  9. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/quotes/?item=qt0136691&_ssoLoop=1
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